éternels
\e.tɛʁ.nɛl\
The verdict
“éternels” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,830. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,830
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de éternel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-eternels · éternels · French
éternels · rank #24,830 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,830
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH évangiles
Nearest frequency peer: évangiles (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « éternels »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- épilogue
épilogue
75,174 corpus weight
- équatoriale
équatoriale
75,173 corpus weight
- éternels
éternels
75,171 corpus weight
- évangiles
évangiles
75,170 corpus weight
- 3M
3M
75,169 corpus weight
- 5G
5G
75,168 corpus weight
What this shows « éternels » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | éternels |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.tɛʁ.nɛl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #24,830 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « éternels »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around éternels (IPA \e.tɛʁ.nɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,830 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de éternel.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for éternels, with forms such as "eternels", "téernels", and "éetrnels". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "externes", "éternel", "éternelle", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is éternels, spelled É-T-E-R-N-E-L-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de éternel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how éternels appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les rides très pressées ne pouvaient plus se déplisser, elles formaient des plis éternels, blancs au fond.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eternels
- téernels
- éetrnels
- étenrels
- éterenls
- éternells
- éternelss
- éternesl
- éternles
- éternnels
- éterrnels
- étrenels
- étternels
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of éternels - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "éternels", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).